
Spark in the Ruins (Book 1)
A Sentient Dungeon Core Awakens Beneath the Bureau’s Ashes
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Marko Duskborn

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Waking up as a dungeon core wasn’t on Splinter’s to-do list.
No body. No memory. Just a sarcastic fairy, a broken interface—and too many skeletons.
Trapped beneath the ruins of a failed Bureau experiment, Splinter’s got no monsters, no traps, and barely enough mana to glow. But when a young mage stumbles in with bandits on her tail, Splinter does something no dungeon’s ever done:
He chooses to fight.
From his first trap to his first minion, Splinter begins to evolve—not as a tool of control, but as a dungeon of free will. One that learns, adapts… and grows.
But the Bureau’s secrets run deep. And something ancient is watching from the dark.
He may be just a spark—but this dungeon won’t go quietly.
📘 Book 1 of Core Legacy — a Dungeon Core LitRPG featuring: ✔️ Tactical base-building & smart progression
✔️ A snarky, evolving AI core
✔️ Found-family adventuring
✔️ Bureau conspiracies & buried secrets
✔️ Slow-burn escalation with serious depth
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